Pump-supporting attachment for cycles.



W. H. FUTHEY.

PUMP SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOB. CYCLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1912.

1,058,229. Patented Apr. 8,1913.

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WILLIAM H. FUTHEY, OF GHILDRESS, OKLAHOMA.

- PUMP-SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT FOR CYCLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1912.

Serial No. 698,272.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FUTHEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Childress, in the county of Nowata and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pump-Supporting Attachments for Cycles, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in pump supporting attachments for bicycles, motorcycles and similar vehicles and has for its object to provide a device of this char-- acter which is simple and inexpensive in construction, may be readily attached to the frame of the machine and will securely retain the pump in position against possibllity of its loss while at the same time it may be readily removed from the support when its use is desired.

Another and more specific object of the invention resides in the provision of a pump clamping member and means for attaching the same to the fork of a cycle frame, and additional means mounted upon said fork to receive the foot plate or stirrup of the pump whereby the pump is rigidly held against longitudinal or lateral movement with relation to the fork.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a supporting attachment for vehicles of the class described which is strong and durable in construction, highly serviceable and of great convenience in practical use.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front fork of a cycle frame showing a pump mounted thereon by means of my improved attachment; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-.3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the foot plate receiving member.

Referring in detail to the drawing F designates the front fork bar of a cycle frame. To this fork at any convenient point below the handle bars, the double clamp generally indicated by the numeral 5 is secured. This clamp consists of two lengths of resilient sheet metal which are riveted or otherwise rigidly secured approximately at their central portions by means of a rivet or analogous fastening element indicated at 6. The resilient metal plates upon one side of this rivet are oppositely bent or bowed to provide the fork engaging clamping arms 7,the extremities of said plates being disposed in parallel relation and provided with openings to receive a bolt 8 upon one end of which a nut 9 is threaded whereby the bowed clamping arms may be drawn together and rigidly clamped upon the fork bar. other end portions of the resilient plates are similarly bent or bowed to form the clamping arms 10 the ends of which are disposed in parallel relation and to the end of one plate a bolt 11 is loosely connected at one of its ends and is adapted to be disposed in a longitudinal slot 12 provided in the end of the other clamping arm. A wing nut 13 is' threaded upon the end of said bolt whereby said bowed arms may be moved toward each other into clamping engagement with the casing of a pump P arranged between the same.

One end of the pump casing is provided with the usual stirrup or foot plate P and in order to relieve the clamp 5 of undue strain and to absolutely prevent movement of the pump in the vibration of the cycle frame, the additional holding member 14: is secured upon the fork bar F. This holding member comprises a plate of substantially U-shaped form which is fixed at its intermediate portion to the clip band 15 surrounding the fork bar F. The ends of this clip band are connected by means of a clamping bolt 16. The parallel arms of the U- shaped plate 14 extend laterally from the bar F on the same side thereof as the bowed arms 10 of the double clamping member 5. These arms are provided with longitudinal slots 16 which have inclined entrances 17 which open upon the upper edges of said arms.

In the use of the invention when it is desired to mount the pump in the support, the intermediate portion of the foot plate P on the pump is first inserted into the longitudinal slots 16 of the plate 14: through the entrances 17 of said slots. As the foot plate is moved into said slots the pump casing is also forced between the bowed arms 10 of the double clamping member 5. The bolt 11 is then swung into the Patented Apr. 8, 1913.

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longitudinal slot 12 of one of the clamping armsand the nut 13 tightened to cause said arms to securely clamp against the opposite sides of the pump casing. In this manner it will be seen that the pump is at all times held in a stationary position at both its upper and lower ends and any movement thereof with respect to the fork bar in the vibration of the vehicle frame is absolutely prevented. It will also be seen that the pump can be very easily and quickly arranged in the support or removed therefrom when it is necessary to use the same.

The device as a whole is of extremely simple construction and may therefore be manufactured at small cost. It can also be readily applied to or removed from the vehicle frame.

It will of course be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred form and construction of the various ele ments employed, the same are susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim is 1. A pump supporting attachment comprising a clamping member for engagement upon the casing of the pump adjacent to one of its ends, and means to receive the foot plate on the other end of the pump to immovably hold said pump in position.

2. A pump support for vehicles comprising a clamping member for removable clamping engagement upon one end of the pump casing, and a plate provided with a longitudinal slot to receive the foot plate on the other end of the pump casing and immovab-ly support said pump upon the vehicle.

3. In asupport for air pumps, a clamping device to receive the pump casing, and a fixed U-shaped plate having slots in its parallel portions to receive the foot plate of the pump and immovably support said pump in position.

4. In a pump supporting attachment for cycles the combination with a clamp secured upon the frame of the cycle for engagement with the pump casing at one end, a U-shaped plate mounted upon the cycle frame and having longitudinal slots in its parallel portions opening upon one of the longitudinal edges thereof to receive the foot plate of the pump and immovably support said pump upon the cycle frame.

5. In a pump supporting attachment for cycles, a clamp mounted upon the frame of the cycle and adapted to receive the pump, means for remova-bly securing the pump in the clamp, a U-shaped plate mounted upon the cycle frame, the parallel portions of said plate having longitudinal slots provided with inclined end portions opening upon the edges of said plate to receive and facilitate the insertion of the foot plate of the pump into the longitudinally disposed portions of the slots whereby said pump is immovably held in position upon the cycle frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM H. FUTHEY. WVitnesses:

E. C. REYNOLDS, E. B. SHEL'roN.

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